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EU bids to tighten migration rules after attacks in Arras and Brussels
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67160740
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EU ministers have urged member states to do more to screen migrants and expel those regarded as a security risk, amid rising concerns over militant attacks.
Interior and justice ministers were meeting days after a teacher in France and two Swedish nationals in Brussels were murdered by suspected Islamists.
As European Union ministers met in Luxembourg on Thursday, EU migration commissioner Ylva Johansson told reporters: “It’s important that those individuals that could cause a security threat to our citizens be returned forcefully, immediately.”
The Tunisian gunman, identified as Abdesalem Lassoued, shot dead two Swedish football fans on the evening of a Euro 2024 qualifier, before being killed by police the following morning.
Belgian authorities revealed on Thursday that the 45-year-old had tried and failed to get asylum in four European countries - Norway, Sweden, Italy and Belgium.
Several other EU member states, including Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland, have already imposed checks in a bid to counter people-smuggling.
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